Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 3

Accounts overdue -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Static board: -3

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -4

THE BLACK COUNTRY NET

Working primarily in the Black Country in the Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton. Promoting church partnership and helping communities by encouraging Business Enterprise, Foodbanks and aid for disadvantaged families

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received Government grants
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are only 4 trustees
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
05/04/22	£82	£63	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
05/04/21	£61	£53	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
05/04/20	£85	£71	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
05/04/19	£68	£85	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
05/04/18	£77	£44	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	10
05/04/17	£41	£34	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/16	£62	£47	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/15	£48	£42	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/14	£33	£22	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/13	£52	£42	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/12	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

www.loveblackcountry.org.uk

linsey@loveblackcountry.org.uk

07738728098

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

International poverty relief

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body

Where it operates

Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-70

LINSEY WILDSMITH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Charity Worker

KEVIN ROY DAVIES Appointed: 2018

TIMOTHY FELLOWS Appointed: 2011, Occupation: None

PAUL GERALD CHAMBERLAIN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Minister Of Religion, Other trusteeship: PROVISION HOUSE ( FORMERLY KNOWN AS LOAVES N FISHES) LTD,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/06/2011, number: 1142412
Registered at Companies House on 10/09/2010, number: 07372351

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Black Country Net
Alpha House
9 Tipton Street
Sedgley
West Midlands
DY3 1HE

Objectives

4. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC (THE OBJECTS): 4.1. TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM FIT;4.2. TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM FIT; AND4.3. TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES CURRENTLY RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE AND ANY NEW CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE SIMILAR TO ANOTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITE KINGDOM AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

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